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- Alienware 17 R4 - 17.3' - Core i7 6700HQ - 16 GB RAM - 128 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD - English overview and full product specs on CNET.
- From the picture you can see, Alienware 17 R4 comes with two M.2 2280 SSD slots (support SATA and PCIe SSD) and an M.2 2242 slot. Here’s left the cooling fan. The Alienware 17 R4 comes with two 8GB DDR4 2667MHz RAMs. According to Dell website information, it supports up to 32GB RAM, so you can replace it with 16GB DDR4 2667MHz RAM respectively.
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Look down here for more stuff!In this video, I show how to upgrade the SSD in an Alienware laptop. The Alienware laptop I show in this video is an Alienware.
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1. Removing the bottom
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This is fairly easy to do and it requires little unscrewing to do. Just remove all the screws and the cover will pop right out.
2. Storage
Once again, the laptop offers a good amount of storage options. The motherboard holds three M.2 PCIe NVMe-enabled SSD slots with one in our unit taken by a Toshiba M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD with 256GB capacity while the 2.5-inch HDD slot is taken by an HGST drive with 1TB capacity. The other two M.2 SSD slots are also PCIe NVMe-enabled but one of them is 2260 while the other supports the standard 2280 sizes.
3. RAM and Wi-Fi card
Usually, we are used to seeing high-end gaming laptops with four RAM slots but interestingly enough, the Alienware R4 holds only two of those and in out case, they are both taken by 8GB DDR4-2666 chips by SK Hynix.
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The Wi-Fi card is Killer 1535 and can be found right next to the left cooling fan (with the notebook’s bottom facing upwards).
4. Full disassembly
Ready yourself with some patience because this will get tricky. Before doing anything, remove all the screws holding the black plate. Then, unscrew the two bolts holding the back, pull it out gently and remove the rest of the screws. You will see that near the two edges, where the heat pipes end, the Wi-Fi antennas, which go along the LED strips, are held by two screws. Remove them and gently pull the whole black plate.
5. Battery
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As you can see, it’s quite the hassle to get to the battery but we were surprised to see that it’s the maximum allowed capacity you can bring on an airplane – 99Wh.
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6. Cooling system
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The cooling system is neatly designed with two fans and several big heat pipes. The right fan draws cool air from the side vent opening and pushes it towards the left fan, which in turn, pushes the hot air through its own vent opening. However, the rear radiators are responsible for most of the cooling.
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